Shanghai International Exhibition Center.

The scene of conference hall one.

In the video footage from 360000 kilometers away, astronauts in uniforms with the Chinese flag and national emblem and armbands stand in front of the console in a solemn manner.

A clear voice resounded through the conference hall and into the ears of everyone who was looking forward to it.

"Track cleaning is completed, and make sure it is unobstructed!"

"Target energy level: 100 billion electron volts."

"The circuit is in good condition."

"Start powering up!"

The moment the sonorous voice fell, the astronaut in front of the console reached out and pressed the button.

Almost at the same moment, huge energy converged into a ring under the crater.

Driven by the energy that can simulate the moment of the big bang of the universe, the emitted protons collide together, shooting out sparks and fragments that cannot be captured by the naked eye.

Looking at the energy spectrum image presented on the detector, the atmosphere in the conference hall was pushed to the peak in an instant, and everyone could not help standing up, giving thunderous applause and cheering for the moment from the heart.

Protons collide with protons at a center of mass energy of 1000 TEV!

Compared with the LHC with the largest proton collision energy of 14 TEV in Europe, the collision energy of the LHC is two orders of magnitude higher!

With it, human beings will be able to create millions of electron volts neutrinos, simulate the moment of the big bang and black hole, and even face the deepest darkness of the universe - mysterious dark matter and dark energy.

Thunderous applause drowned all the voices. Looking at the big screen behind him, Lu Zhou's face showed a heartfelt smile, and his fist behind him was gently clenched.

Seven years.

Seven years have passed since that summer.

This long time is enough to change many things, but it can't change the world he believes in and "sees" through logical and meticulous calculation.

He believed that he was right.

Even if everyone is not optimistic about this direction.

At that time, he was only an intern. His voice could not be valued because of his ability and academic status. And the Chinese physics community did not have enough resources to support him to test his theory.

Now, however, nothing can stop him from doing the experiments he wants to do. What he sees is the future of physics.

At this moment.

It's finally coming!

……

On the morning of December 19, China time.

After only half a day, the news of the success of the launch of the lunar Hadron Collider seems to have inserted invisible wings. From Shanghai, an international metropolis, it has spread to every corner of the world.

The relevant reports, without any suspense, appeared on the front page of the next day's major newspapers.

[the proton collision experiment breaks through 1000tev level for the first time! The research of high energy physics is entering a new era! ]

[to explore the origin of the universe, imcrc takes us back to 15 billion years ago. ]

[shocked! Chinese scientists are making black holes on the moon! ]

[NASA warns that high energy physics experiments on the moon may have a serious impact on the stability of the Earth Moon system! ]

【…… ]

took the coffee from a tall female assistant, sat in the land boat in the office of imcrc director general who hasn't come several times, turned over the newspaper in his hand and took a sip.

"I suddenly understood."

Playing with the potted plants on the windowsill, Luo Wenxuan, with one hand in his pocket, looked back at Lu Zhou and asked curiously.

"Understand what?"

"Why do the public misunderstand physics and high-energy physics experiments so much?" Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head as the newspaper turned a page. "But I like the nickname CNN gave me."

"What does it call you?"

"The crazy atomic destroyer, translated as the crazy atomic destroyer, or the crazy atomic destroyer?"

The corners of his mouth twitched. Luo Wenxuan could not help laughing.

“…… Are you sure it's CNN

Lu Zhou: "what's the problem?"

Luo Wenxuan: "it sounds like a Japanese painting style."

Lu Zhou laughs and shakes his head without comment.

Of course, the more classic one is actually the abstract one. A man who looks like a villain holds the earth and the moon around it in his thin hand.

Although we know that CNN is deliberately defacing its facial features, and even obviously deliberately using the Asian image template, Lu Zhou can't help laughing because of their amazing brain hole.

If a collider with tens of billions of electron volts can make a black hole, the universe will be underestimated. If you want to destroy the solar system, at least you can build a star level collider.In addition, it's hard for them to make his face so ugly.

Glancing at the painting, Luo Wenxuan wanted to laugh, but somehow he suddenly thought of the African Institute. Finally, he held back and coughed.

"The meeting is about to start. Shall we go over?"

The boat looked at the time on the watch.

"Or you can go."

"Such an important thing It's not very good. I think it's better for you to go in person. " Thinking of what Lu Zhou is going to say at the meeting, Luo Wenxuan's expression is a little subtle.

In fact, he already knew what Lu Zhou was going to do.

He was not opposed to the practice of land and boat, but only announced it by himself, which may not be able to hold the scene. After all, although imcrc's headquarters is in China and its organizer is also in China, it is still an international organization after all. In order to participate, all countries have paid a lot of money.

Compared with the academic bulls who participated in the conference, their ranks are still a little poor.

"Didn't I train you? Who's the first person on stage to stay? "

Looking at the helpless expression of elder martial brother Luo, Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head, put the newspaper in his hand aside and stood up from the chair.

"Let's go. Let's go together."

……

The next day's meeting was held in conference hall 2.

Compared with yesterday's No. 1 conference hall, the area here is much smaller. It can only hold a long conference table. At the same time, the decoration is also exquisite.

Sitting here are basically Council members appointed by all countries.

They may not be the best in the world of physics, but they are at least the most prestigious.

Not only that, they can be assigned here, without exception, are executives who have held important positions in the official scientific research institutions of various countries and have certain negotiation and negotiation skills.

It is obvious from the serious expressions on all the faces here that today's meeting is not only more important, but also more concerned by the physics community than yesterday's celebration of the completion of the LHC.

There is no other reason.

At this meeting, the Council will discuss the experimental arrangements for the coming year.

Not surprisingly, there will be at least 25 Nobel prizes in physics in the next 50 years.

High energy physics has been in the lead of experimental physics for many years, and the theory of physics has already penetrated into the deep and unpredictable quantum world of black holes.

However, the theory needs to be tested in the experimental area.

Everyone wants this physics miracle, which can be called the wishing machine, to verify their theories and put themselves on the throne of the physics temple.

Before the meeting, imcrc's board of directors had been in a quiet state, which was already a undercurrent. Just like any Vanity Fair, the academic circle will not be more brilliant than other circles.

Especially when it comes to the Nobel Prize and higher honors than the Nobel Prize, only a few people can be indifferent to fame and wealth and devote themselves to learning.

Everyone is ready to fight for a blush and a thick neck at the meeting.

No matter for myself.

Or for the school behind us, or even for the country

Under the almost frozen atmosphere, the clock turned to 10 a.m., and the meeting officially began.

As imcrc's undisputed first president, Lu Zhou went to the top of the long table and sat down.

The prologue is very much his style, as always concise and comprehensive.

After a short "meeting begins," it gets to the point.

However, when everyone expected that he would put the topics they expected on the conference table for discussion, Lu Zhou's next words surprised everyone except himself and brother Luo.

"Next, I will briefly talk about the arrangement of work."

Without any discussion, or even almost arbitrary, he opened the boat of the minutes of the meeting and continued in a declarative tone.

"It's not an accident that I re examined the experimental records of 2015 in CERN database, and the 750gev characteristic peak appeared on Alice and Atlas detectors at the same time, at least I don't think it's a simple indication that can be summed up by a quantum fluctuation."

Professor Tarant from Europe frowned, turned his pen around, hesitated and said, "I know the experiment you said, but we can detect the signal with a confidence level of less than 3siema, which is not a sign at all..."

"That's because our tools are not advanced enough, and the trouble we're having now is gone, at least for a while. What's more, I believe that there must be something there. "

Turning the minutes of the meeting to another page, Lu Zhou glanced around the dignified conference table and continued in a calm and unquestionable voice."Imcrc's work in 2023 will be arranged around the abnormality of 750gev characteristic peak."

"Now, we have enough theoretical basis and powerful tools."

"I will prove with facts that my conclusion is correct."

At the moment when the voice fell, the whole venue was strangely quiet for many seconds, and then there was a commotion.

Just like the expression on the faces of council members when they look at each other, the voice contains many emotions such as surprise, shock, and disbelief.

What happened was so sudden.

So much so that nothing was expected.

It was clear what they were wondering about, and the boat didn't explain, just smiled and nodded, and gently put the meeting minutes on the table.

He can spend a lot of time explaining.

But there is no need to explain.

He will show evidence that he is right.

What's more, it's at least half of his credit to be able to go to this step today?

I can't think too much about using my own Collider to test my theory first?

Not satisfied?

Then build one yourself.

It may not be very kind to say so.

But thinking of how difficult it was to do an experiment before, the corner of Lu Zhou's mouth raised a smile.

Not being kind is not being kind.

But

What a pleasure!